PYSEC-2022-304

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    PYSEC-2022-304

    Published: 16 Oct 2022Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Django 3.2 before 3.2.16, 4.0 before 4.0.8, and 4.1 before 4.1.2, internationalized URLs were subject to a potential denial of service attack via the locale parameter, which is treated as a regular expression.

    References: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/, https://github.com/django/django/commit/5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2022/oct/04/security-releases/, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-announce, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrw5-5h28-6cmg

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: django

    Purl: pkg:pypi/django

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5b6b257fa7ec37ff27965358800c67e2dd11c924

    Affected versions

    3.2
    3.2.1
    3.2.10
    3.2.11
    3.2.12
    3.2.13
    3.2.14
    3.2.15
    3.2.2
    3.2.3
    3.2.4
    3.2.5
    3.2.6
    3.2.7
    3.2.8
    3.2.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2022-304 | CVE-DB